Bohemian Rhapsody Commercial

[Dominic]

I'm just happy because it gave me an excuse to post a video link to Arnold Layne.

And here's another slightly later Floyd video (1968):

[Lofos-5]

... what do these words from the song mean?

1. Scaramouch
2. Fandango
3. Gallileo and Gallileo Figaro
4. Bismillah
5. Beelzebud

Often wondered too - so I checked... (still got too much time at my hand maybe...)

Lyrical references in the Opera passage of the song (from 3:05–4:07) include Scaramouche, the fandango, Galileo Galilei, Figaro, Beelzebub and Bismillah, as rival factions fight over the narrator's soul.

1: Scaramouch (from Italian scaramuccia, literally "little skirmisher"), also known as scaramouch, is a stock clown character of the commedia dell'arte (comic theatrical arts of Italian literature). The role combined characteristics of the Zanni (servant) and the Capitano (masked henchman).

2: Fandango is a lively couples dance from Spain, usually in triple metre, traditionally accompanied by guitars and castanets or hand-clapping ("palmas" in Spanish). Fandango can both be sung and danced. The meter of fandango is similar to that of the bolero and seguidilla.

3: Gallileo figaro magnifico is a slightly corrupted Latin phrase, "Galileo figuro magnifico", translated as "Magnify the Galilean's image"

4: Word origin of 'Bismillah' shortened from Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim, from Arabic, literally: in the name of God, the merciful and compassionate.

5: Beelzebub is also identified in the New Testament as the devil, "prince of the demons". Biblical scholar Thomas Kelly Cheyne suggested that it might be a derogatory corruption of Ba'al Zəbûl, "Lord of the High Place" (i.e., Heaven) or "High Lord".

see also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Rhapsody;


Much "deeper" than today's commercial songs in the charts I would think, and not one single F word in it...

A.

[Dominic]

No graph?

[Jimgym]

So many that jam is been made!

Anyway I think they are having an affair (allegedly) and the parsnips is just a ruse!

Well I am shocked at the pair of them!!

[boycott]

Thank you very much Lofos-5 and very interesting.

[Dominic]

That's not rap. This is rap:

[Uncle D]

Or this

[Dominic]

An interesting take on rap...

[Mrblobby]

Is this true ?

[smudger]

No idea of the veracity, but the post above mine seems to bear it out, every one of them was a phenomenal musician.

[Rita Sherry]

Is this true ?

MrBlobby

Yes it is true.

Rita

[Mrblobby]

Loved Queen , went to see them at Knebworth Park .

[Dominic]

Saw them at Wembley the year after Live Aid. Alarm, InXS, Status Quo and Queen. Everybody was there to see Queen. The first three bands were pretty superfluous on the day. I remember Michael Hutchence getting hit by a tomato at one point. People just wanted to see Queen. Quo had more sense, and just played a tight set without getting too close to the front of the stage. Queen were phenomenal that night. Nobody could perform like Freddie.

[Dominic]

Is this true ?

MrBlobby

Yes it is true.

Rita

No it isn't. Queen only had six number 1s.

[boycott]

There is a film out called Bohemian Rhapsody which is released very soon and took ages to make (10 years) and a number of different directors etc.

Full story in https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/16/bohemian ... w-8042568/

Sorry text to long to cut/paste and pictures with it as well.